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Left to clear up the mess

RUDI VAN KETS IS A BELGIAN GAME HUNTER WHO SPECIALISES IN DEER DOG TRAINING AND PREPARING HOUNDS FOR TRACKING TRIALS

When trackers sit down together in a group, the conversation inevitably turns to tracking dogs and the state of affairs in which we find ourselves. I was recently part of one such discussion and the consensus confirmed what I had seen happening in my own part of Belgium: fewer dogs were being registered with the associations than ever before.

The changes to hunting legislation may have something to do with this. For many years now, it

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